Triple
T16754972
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Karl Guthe Jansky |
E407184
|
entity |
| Predicate | sibling |
P363
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
Cyril M. Jansky
Cyril M. Jansky was an American electrical engineer and academic known for his contributions to radio engineering and for being part of a prominent scientific family that included radio astronomy pioneer Karl Guthe Jansky.
|
E1234336
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Cyril M. Jansky | Statement: [Karl Guthe Jansky, sibling, Cyril M. Jansky]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyril M. Jansky Context triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, sibling, Cyril M. Jansky]
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A.
Karl Guthe Jansky
Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who pioneered radio astronomy by discovering radio waves emanating from the Milky Way.
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B.
Grote Reber
Grote Reber was an American radio engineer and pioneering radio astronomer who built the first purpose-built radio telescope and helped establish radio astronomy as a scientific field.
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C.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
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D.
Charles L. Draper
Charles L. Draper was a notable figure in natural history whose contributions were significant enough that a major natural history museum was named in his honor.
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E.
Ronald N. Bracewell
Ronald N. Bracewell was an Australian-born radio astronomer and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in radio interferometry, image reconstruction, and the conceptual design of the "Bracewell probe" for interstellar communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Cyril M. Jansky Triple: [Karl Guthe Jansky, sibling, Cyril M. Jansky]
Generated description
Cyril M. Jansky was an American electrical engineer and academic known for his contributions to radio engineering and for being part of a prominent scientific family that included radio astronomy pioneer Karl Guthe Jansky.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cyril M. Jansky Target entity description: Cyril M. Jansky was an American electrical engineer and academic known for his contributions to radio engineering and for being part of a prominent scientific family that included radio astronomy pioneer Karl Guthe Jansky.
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A.
Karl Guthe Jansky
Karl Guthe Jansky was an American physicist and radio engineer who pioneered radio astronomy by discovering radio waves emanating from the Milky Way.
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B.
Grote Reber
Grote Reber was an American radio engineer and pioneering radio astronomer who built the first purpose-built radio telescope and helped establish radio astronomy as a scientific field.
-
C.
John R. Pierce
John R. Pierce was an American engineer and scientist best known for his pioneering work in communications technology, including satellite and microwave systems, and for coining the term "transistor."
-
D.
Charles L. Draper
Charles L. Draper was a notable figure in natural history whose contributions were significant enough that a major natural history museum was named in his honor.
-
E.
Ronald N. Bracewell
Ronald N. Bracewell was an Australian-born radio astronomer and electrical engineer best known for his pioneering work in radio interferometry, image reconstruction, and the conceptual design of the "Bracewell probe" for interstellar communication.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69d8839174188190909f190097207065 |
completed | April 10, 2026, 4:58 a.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69e3abe6b68c8190a5e2a11973f01b8e |
completed | April 18, 2026, 4:05 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_6a00b283a9808190ba76110cf3c7f3a9 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:29 p.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_6a00b31a57388190b90faa66f9483661 |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:32 p.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_6a00b38a31e08190b92a37cb611043df |
completed | May 10, 2026, 4:34 p.m. |
Created at: April 10, 2026, 5:21 a.m.